ADSL from anywhere I want

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Most people have access to ADSL from their homes and some businesses have moved their ISDN lines to ADSL too. ADSL technology is now considered wide-spread and most telephone exchanges have undergone the necessary upgrade to provide this service.
The question is if I have subscribed to an ADSL service then I should be able to use that service from whereever I happen to be and not just from my registered telephone line/address. The length of the telephone connection from my home to the nearest exchange is short and would be the limiting factor. From the exchange onwards I should be able to get ADSL speeds. Same for a link up from, say, my office which is more likely to have up-to-date internal telephone cabling. Is this idea too wacky to be considered worthwhile or can it be realised?

 

[imgod2u]

It would depend on how your ISP handles authentication. Most cable modem networks don't require a login because the cablemodem they give you will lock itself to their network and to the MAC address on your computer. This is their way of ensuring you're who you say you are (or at least, your computer is the right computer). Some ADSL ISP's use a username/password style login. In those cases, it is perfectly feasible to go anywhere with your ADSL modem that has the line's authenticated (assuming they both use the same protocol), plug it in and login. However, that's the problem. Not all ISP's use the same ADSL standard. There's certainly nothing stopping ISP's from offering this kind of service, but again, there needs to be a standard which I think is lacking.

 

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Do you think that ISPs would lock into the ADSL modem that they originally supplied?

 

[WarmAndSCSI]

When you purchase ADSL from a CLEC at your local telco (i.e. SWB, Covad, etc.) you are paying for ADSL on a single line. It's just not sensible for them to bundle service for two lines at two separate and unrelated locations under one package.

You must think of ADSL as a physical protocol, not a logical one.

Plus, your office probably has a PBX so your lines aren't compliant with ADSL. Most PBX's feed off of a "trunk" line, so it would be impossible to establish an ADSL connection over a such a system.


Anyways, this thread is going to be locked soon since it is not highly-technical. I suggest posting it in "Networking"

 

[Peter]

Exactly. DSL is a service that needs a transceiver unit to physically exist on the other end of the wire.

 

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Originally posted by: Peter
Exactly. DSL is a service that needs a transceiver unit to physically exist on the other end of the wire.

Exactly. I intended to put an ADSL modem at my office.

 

[Peter]

No, what I'm saying is there needs to be an ADSL modem on your line AT THE TELCO BASE STATION as well.

Besides, ADSL technology is not working peer-to-peer from one line end user to another.

 

[amnesiac]

Originally posted by: TheUnhappyCamper
When you purchase ADSL from a CLEC at your local telco (i.e. SWB, Covad, etc.) you are paying for ADSL on a single line. It's just not sensible for them to bundle service for two lines at two separate and unrelated locations under one package.

You must think of ADSL as a physical protocol, not a logical one.

Plus, your office probably has a PBX so your lines aren't compliant with ADSL. Most PBX's feed off of a "trunk" line, so it would be impossible to establish an ADSL connection over a such a system.


Anyways, this thread is going to be locked soon since it is not highly-technical. I suggest posting it in "Networking"

Many offices retain a physical line for incoming faxes. That's what we're running our DSL off of.